Join Mojo in welcoming these three amazing April middle grade releases. A Spoonful of Time by Flora Ahn (April 11, 2023) Maya’s grandmother might be losing her memory, but she’s not losing her magic in the kitchen. When one delicious bite sends Maya back in time to Seoul, Korea, she is forced to question everything she knows about her family and time itself. Far Out by Anne Bustard (April 18, 2023) When eleven-year-old MJ’s grandmother [...]
Join Mojo in welcoming these three amazing new middle grade releases. Winston Chu vs. The Whimsies by Stacey Lee (February 7, 2023) A re-imagining of a classic Chinese folktale. When Winston Chu stops a robbery at Mr. Pang's Whimsies, a shop in Chinatown, Mr. Pang invites him to pick any item from the store. He warns him not to touch until he is sure, because what he touches will be his. When he touches [...]
Join Mojo in welcoming these three amazing new middle grade releases. The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine by Katherine Marsh (January 17, 2023) Thirteen-year-old Matthew is miserable. His journalist father is overseas and he and his mother have moved in with his one-hundred-year-old grandmother. But then he finds an old black and white photo of her that reveals a family secret and a courageous story of survival. The Infinite Questions [...]
Middle grade readers love picture books! With science and heart these books make perfect gifts. Join Mojo in welcoming these three amazing releases. The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey by Jason Chin (December 13, 2022) From Jason Chin, Caldecott Medalist comes a book about the microscopic building blocks of life and what we have in common with everything around us. Heart String by Brooke Boynton-Hughes (December 20, 2022) A story about the heart string that [...]
Join us in welcoming these exciting November releases. PLOTTING THE STARS 1: MOONGARDEN by MICHELLE BARRY (Release Date: November 1, 2022) The Secret Garden is re-imagined with a science fiction twist in this STEAM inspired series starter. In the not too distant future, the Earth's plants have turned deadly forcing people to make their homes in space. When Myra finds a secret lab hidden in her school and beyond that a garden full of toxic [...]
Happy Book Birthday to Drawing Outside the Lines! In 1883, after a journey from Oakland, California to Brooklyn, New York on the Transcontinental Railroad, eleven-year-old Julia Morgan (known as Dudu to her family) got to walk on the newly completed Brooklyn Bridge. She was awestruck by that engineering marvel which was the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time. Her mother tolerated Julia’s obsession with structures and construction techniques when she was a [...]
Join us in welcoming these exciting October releases. A ROVER'S STORY by JASMINE WARGA (Release Date: October 4, 2022) Newberry Honor-winning author Jasmine Warga brings us the story of a Mars rover named Resilience that starts having emotions and faces obstacles carrying out the mission. FRIZZY by CLARIBEL A. ORTEGA (Graphic novel, Release Date: October 11, 2022) When a young girl refuses to keep straightening her hair, she learns she's beautiful just as she is. [...]
Happy book birthday to MONSTER CLUB by Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel! Almost everyone calls Eric "Doodle" because he doodles a lot. And he's so good at it that he got into Mark Twain Middle School for the Gifted and Talented. His favorite thing to draw is Brickman, a fighting monster he designed for the game he and his best friend, Yoo-Hoo created. They, along with three other friends play it during lunchtime. They [...]
Join us in welcoming these exciting September releases. The Curse on Spectacle Key by Chantel Acevedo (September 6, 2022) Spooky middle grade with Cuban flair. When a Cuban American boy moves into a lighthouse, he hopes it will be his forever-home. But soon his parents are arguing, and supernatural forces awaken. When he makes friends with ghosts, he sets out to discover the island’s secrets and uncovers his family roots along the way. [...]
Today is the launch of a wonderful middle grade book set in Atlantic City in the 1970s. The Prince of Steel Pier by Stacy Nockowitz is a suspenseful and inspirational story with rich characters that jump off the page. Joey is a skeet ball wiz and during a trip to the boardwalk, he gets the attention of a dangerous mobster, Artie Bishop, known as the King of Steel Pier. Joey comes from a large Jewish family with [...]
